Tandem draft connection for implements.



G. PEARSON. TANDEM DRAFT CONNECTION FOR IMPLEMEN'I'S.

I APPLICATION FELED SEPT 1911. \,O12,220

Patented Dec.19, 1911.

2 HETS-BH E C. PEARSON.

TANDEM DRAFT UONNEGTION FOR IMPLEMENTS.

APPLICATION rum SBPT.1,1911.

1,01 2,220. Patented Dec. 19,1911

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L being UNITED stra ns CHARLES PEARSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS,

COMPANY, A

ABSIGNOB TO INTERNATIONAL HABVESTER CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

TANDEM DRAFT CONNECTION FOB IMPLEMENTS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 19, 1911.

Application filed September 1, 1911. Serial No. 647,200.

To all whom it mag, concern.

, Be it known that I, Cnannas Pmnson, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chica 0, in the county of Cook and State of llllnois, have invented certain new and useful'Improvements in Tandem Draft Connections for Implements, of which the follow in is a specification.

to draft connections y invention relates for imfilements, such as harvesters mowers and ti age implements when use in tandem relation and drawn by means of a traction engine or otherwise, and consists in an improved construction of draft tongue having means,whereby two separate implements are connected therewith in a manner permitting the path of advance of the implewants to beregulated in relation to each other; the object of my invention being to provide a draft connection whereby a series of implements of diversified character may tandem relation and their path of advance be controlled at the will of I attain these objects by means of the mechanism illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a to plan view of art of 'a harvester and a disk barrow havmg my improved draft connection forming a part thereof; 2 represents a side ele vation of Fig. 1; i 3 1s a plan view representing a series implements connected together in tandem relation; Fig. 4 is a detached detail of part of the draft ton e; and Fig. 5 represents a side elevation 0 the part shown in Fig. 4.

The same reference characters designate like parts throughout the several views. V

1 represents a cross bar forming pa 'rt of the draft connection, and 2 clips secured to the rear edge of the 'barand having titansverse openings therein whereby said m be pivotally connected with the frame .of a harvester or other implement by means of pins 3. l represents a draftfton e member having its rear end received etween plates 5 that are secured to the 11 per and lower sides of cross bar 1 at one on thereof, the tongue the plates in a. manner permitting it ends 0 the line of to swing laterally relative to draft of the machine.

6 represents tongue brace members having their rear ends pivotally connected with the pivotally connected with the forward.

opposite end of the cross bar, and at their forward ends is a block 7 that is provided with-a threaded sleeve that receives a threaded shaft 8 that is journaled in bearing brackets 9 that are secured to the tongue member 4, the shaft being arranged parallel with said ton ue, and means are provided for rotating t 1e shaft in a manner to cause the block to move thereon, a shaft 10 having its forward end connected with the rear end of the threaded shaft by means of a universal coupling 11 and its rear end journaled in a bracket 12 secured to tongue member 4 and connected with an operating shaft 13 by means of a universal cou ling 14. The shaft. 13 may be extended wit llll convenient reach of the operator .whereby the angle of the draft tongue relative t the line of draft of the machine may be re ulated at the will of the operator.

The draft tongue 4 is referably made of wood, and secured to its posite sides thereof, are draft bars 15 that. are carved upward and forward and'then dowr'vard, formin an arched extension of the raft tongue hat is adapted to swing about a cultivating implement, such as a disk narrow 16 that is attached to the front leg 17 of the arch d extension by means of a verti' 11y arranged draft rod 18 that is connecte with the leg by means of bracket members 19, the harrow being provided with a short draft tongue member 20 that curves downward at its front end andhavin a sheave 21 ournaled u on a cross in 22 that engages with the dra t rodlS, 'w iereby the draft tongue connected with the harvester is. free to rise or fall at-it's front endwithout affecting the operation of the la a.

23 represents a caster wheel joarneled upon an arm 24 that provided with a vertical stem 25 that is 'ournaled in a hearing block 26 secured to the tongue member 20, and-2T represents draft members that may be secured to either of the bracket members 19 whereby a. connection may be made hetweeh the front end of the arched extension of the draft meg'lhanism and a reach her 28 when it is desired to connect a series of innlements in'tande'm. relation, as illustrated in Fig. 3, or directl with a draft link of -a traction engine. The bars 15 of the arched extension are spaced apart and a reinforcemen't consisting of a barof wood 29 secured between them, and 30 represents brace memthe means including,

ront end, upon up g bers eonnectin the horizontal portion of the arch with the leg 17, and 31 other brace members at the rear end of the arched member connecting it with the rear end of th tongue member 4.

In 0 eration the two implements vare drawn orward by means of their connection with a single draft tongue, and the line of draft of the rear implement may be controlled by means of the threaded shaft and its connection with the tongue brace memher in a manner whereby it ma be caused to trail directly in the rear of t e barrow, as shown in Fig. 1, or in a path at one ide thereof, as shown in Fi 3, and a mult%le series of harvesting an cultivating imp ements may be operated in the same manner by means of a duplication of draft attachments.

Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A tandem draft connection for implements including, in combination, a draft tongue having means at its rear end whereby it may be operatively connected with an implement, :aid means including mechanism whereby the angle of said tongue relative to said implement may be regulated relative to the line of draft, the body portion of said tongue being in the form of an arch and having a depending leg at its front end, draft means connected with said legand adapted to connect said tongue with a source 'be flexibly connected therewith in a manner permitting said second implement to swing laterally beneath the arched portion of said draft tongue and permitting the front end ofsaid draft tongue to rise and fall independent of said second implement.

2. A tandem draft connection for implements including, in combination, a draft tongue having means whereby its rear end may be connected with an implement in a manner permitting the angle of said tongue to be regulated laterally relative to the line of draft, the body of said tongue being in the form of an arch and having a depending le at its front end, draft means connected wit said leg and adapted to connect said tongue with a source of tractive power, said means including a verticall arranged bar secured to said eg in rear t ereof, a second implement having the forward end of the draft frame thereof slidably and 'pivotally connected with said bar in a manner permittin said second implement to swin laterally eneath said arr-lied portion 0 said draft tongue and to permit said draft tongue to rise and fall at its front end independent of said second 'im lement.

(FHARLES PEARSON. Witnesses:

RAY PATTISON, FRANK A. ZABILKA. 

